SAIL dispatches first consignment of blooms from ISP to Nepal

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) today said its modernised IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) dispatched the first export consignment of 45 wagons of steel blooms for rehabilitation work in earthquake-affected Nepal.
"The consignment amounting to 2,764 metric tonnes was flagged off from the West Yard in ISP. Steel produced by ISP conforms to stringent quality norms. This consignment is exported to Nepal for their urgent rehabilitation work after the massive earth quake," SAIL said in a statement here.
The blooms will be used for rolling out quake resistant TMT bars, it said adding, out of the total order of 2 rakes of 5,500 metric tonnes, this is the first consignment and the second will be dispatched in the first week of August.

Blooms are a semi-finished long product of greater than 150 mm square or rectangular cross-section and can be produced by continuous casting or by rolling from ingot.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated the modernised and expanded IISCO Steel Plant to the nation.
The plant not only tripled its hot metal capacity from 0.85 to 2.9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) but also ushered in a new era of green and high quality steelmaking, it said.

Soon after the stabilisation of its new and modernised units, ISP is fast catering to the needs of both national and international customers with its products.

Earlier, SAIL had donated about 50 tonnes of GC Sheets to Nepal for their rehabilitation work through Indian embassy in Nepal.
SAIL's Rs 70,000 crore modernisation programme has been completed and it will increase the capacity of the domestic steel giant to 23 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by March next year.